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| Crime statistics 'need overhaul' | Crime statistics 'need overhaul' |
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| The way crime statistics are produced needs a "radical overhaul", a Home Office review has concluded. | The way crime statistics are produced needs a "radical overhaul", a Home Office review has concluded. |
| The report says the current system misses out significant groups of victims and that some crime definitions are "confusing and misleading". | The report says the current system misses out significant groups of victims and that some crime definitions are "confusing and misleading". |
| The study, commissioned by former home secretary Charles Clarke, urges a new system with more localised statistics. | The study, commissioned by former home secretary Charles Clarke, urges a new system with more localised statistics. |
| Figures currently come from two sources - recorded crime and interviews with residents for the British Crime Survey. | |
| The report adds that the collection of data should be reviewed to ensure "independence and integrity", the report adds. | |
| The independent review was carried out by leading statisticians, police officials and criminologists. | |
| Recent results from the British Crime Survey suggested crime has fallen to its lowest level for 25 years. | |
| However, the review's chairman Adrian Smith said the survey was beginning to "lose credibility" because it did not include the full range of criminality, such as commercial crime and offences against under-16s. |